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Caramel Apple Cupcakes

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Ingredients
  

Apple Cake:

  • 1 box white cake mix
  • 2 tsp. cinnamon or apple pie spice
  • 3 eggs
  • ¼ C. butter melted and cooled
  • ¼ C applesauce
  • 1 C. milk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 ½ C. peeled and chopped apple

Caramel Buttercream:

  • 1 C. butter softened
  • 2 Tbsp. caramel sauce
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3-4 C. powdered sugar

Melted caramels for drizzling

Instructions
 

  • 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line pans with cupcake liners.
  • 2. Sift cake mix and cinnamon in to a small bowl and set aside.
  • 3. In a large bowl, combine eggs, butter, applesauce, milk and vanilla extract together.
  • 4. Stir in cake mix until smooth.
  • 5. Stir in chopped apples.
  • 6. Fill cupcake liners ¾ full and bake for 17-22 minutes of until an inserted knife comes out clean.
  • 7. Buttercream: Beat butter for 1 minute. Add caramel and vanilla extract and continue to beat. Slowly add powdered sugar until you reach your desired consistency.
  • 8. Pipe buttercream onto cooled cupcakes and top with melted caramel.